I love written books and novels, but I really love graphic novels and comic books!
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.
Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.
When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous.
One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.
Gene Hackman's portrayal of Lex Luthor did not exist in comic books. This is not my Lex Luthor, but I really like it.
I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.
I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
My hardcover sales are 17% down in books but up 400% in electronics.
Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won't consider reading books in hardcover.
I might defend the reviewing trade, but a handful of haughty hired hands no longer having the last word on books is not a bad thing.
There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.
One of my favourite books when I was young was 'Wuthering Heights.'
As a child I read all kinds of stuff, whether it was 'Asterix and Obelix' and 'Tin Tin' comic books, or 'Lord of the Rings,' or Frank Herbert's sci-fi. Or 'The Wind in the Willows.' Or 'Charlotte's Web.'
